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    Aharon Kotler (February 2, 1892 – November 29, 1962) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania and the United...
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    Rabbi Aharon Kotler, the founding rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha: nineteen years, seven months, and one day. Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler was born...
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    Lithuanian yeshiva in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler in 1943 and is the second-largest yeshiva in the world, after Mir Yeshiva...
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  • founder, Aharon Kotler. On his father's side, Kotler is the great-grandson of Isser Zalman Meltzer. Upon the death of his father in 1982, Kotler was named...
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  • Kotler is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aharon Kotler (1892–1962), Orthodox Jewish rabbi Malkiel Kotler (born 1951), Haredi...
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  • Yitzhak Aharon Korff, American rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892–1962), Lithuanian-American rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015), French rabbi Aharon Megged (1920–2016)...
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    the Ridvaz and famously led by Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer and Rabbi Aharon Kotler. The yeshiva was founded in 1897 by Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Willovsky, known...
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    Kotler. He is married to Shalva, who is the daughter of Rabbi Dov Schwartzman, and granddaughter of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler....
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    guidance of Rabbi Aharon Kotler. At first, he traveled to each community ... "Rabbi Aharon Kotler". The Legacy Of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler: A Vivid Portrait...
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    The neighbourhood was established in 1967 and was named after Rabbi Aharon Kotler. The streets of the neighbourhood are lined with buildings that house...
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  • United States from the 1930s until his death in 1980. As an assistant to Aharon Kotler, he was involved in aspects of Torah dissemination, philanthropy and...
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  • Schwartzman, who is a granddaughter of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He was a student of Rabbi Binyamin Steinberg at the Talmudical Academy...
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    was particularly prominent in the early days of the State of Israel. Aharon Kotler established many of the Haredi schools and yeshivas in the United States...
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    the goals and direction set forth by its founding rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He also helped establish "branches" of the Lakewood Yeshiva in dozens...
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    Zev Soloveitchik (the Brisker Rav). He also studied in Kletzk under Aharon Kotler. Upon reaching draft age in 1937, Shteinman was subject to the Polish...
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    1920s and 1950s, but went into severe decline in the 1960s. In 1943, Aharon Kotler founded Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG). In time, it would grow to become...
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  • agency. He studied for many years in Beis Midrash Govoha under Rabbi Aharon Kotler, and was ordained by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. He was born in Fürth, Germany...
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  • in his new country, Wolfson attached himself to the Torah sage Rabbi Aharon Kotler, working at his side to help build and sustain important Jewish causes...
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    numerous other yeshivas founded by students of Lakewood's founder, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. In theoretical Talmud study, the leading Lithuanian authorities were...
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  • of Beth Medrash Govoha, Rabbi Shneur Kotler, who was the son of the founding rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. Donn, Yochonon. "Hagaon Harav Eliyahu...
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    Schwartzman, son of Rabbi Dov Schwartzman and the eldest grandson of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, founder of the Lakewood Yeshiva. It is officially a branch of the American...
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    Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood under the Talmudic tutelage of Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He is the son-in-law of Mordechai Shulman, whom he succeeded as Rosh...
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    6:6, which enumerates the "48 ways" by which Torah is acquired. Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1891–1962) explains that the study of each "way" can be done on each...
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  • initially began his studies there under the tutelage of its founder, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He holds the position of Official Examiner ("bochen") for Beth Medrash...
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    institution, when it was a small yeshiva under the guidance of Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He later learned in Brisk Yeshiva in Israel under the guidance of Rabbi...
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    Novominsker and Izhbitza-Radziner Rebbes. Other authorities, such as Rabbis Aharon Kotler and Moshe Feinstein, raised objections, and a major controversy ensued...
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  • yeshiva. He was called the "first American Gadol" (Torah giant) by Rabbi Aharon Kotler. Rabbi Meir Shapiro, the rosh yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin, remarked that...
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  • Nevcharim, 1983, stories of Tzaddikim Esh HaTorah (two volumes), on Rabbi Aharon Kotler Teller, Hanoch (2000). Builders: Stories and Insights into the Lives...
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  • mashgiach. After the death of Rabbi Meltzer, his son-in-law, Rabbi Aharon Kotler, was appointed rosh yeshiva. In an unusual arrangement, he held this...
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    donations from outside Israel, particularly the United States. Rabbi Aharon Kotler, one of the movement's founders, was extremely instrumental in fund-raising...
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